F. Hammerschmidt et al., A CONVENIENT ROUTE TO 3'-DEOXY-ALPHA-L-AP IONUCLEOSIDES AND 3'-DEOXY-BETA-D-APIONUCLEOSIDES, Liebigs Annalen, (3), 1995, pp. 559-565
The cyclic thionocarbonate 3, easily available in three steps from enz
oyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-apio-beta-D-furanose (1), is deoxygenated w
ith n-Bu(3)SnH to yield the 3'-deoxy epimers 4 [methyl loxymethyl)-3-d
eoxy-alpha-L-threo-tetrofuranoside] and 6 [methyl xymethyl)-3-deoxy-be
ta-D-erythro-tetrofuranoside]. These are separated by chromatography a
nd further converted to the 3'-deoxy-alpha-L-apionucleosides 11-13, an
d the 3'-deoxy-beta-D-apionucleosides 17-19, respectively.